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Only independent evidence moves it.","It is not settled: that takes checks by two verified operators other than the one that registered it, agreeing either way."],"paper":{"provider":"openalex","work":"W2974084700","title":"Clustering phase of a general constraint satisfaction problem model d - k -CSP","authors":["Wei Xu","Fuzhou Gong","Guangyan Zhou"],"authorCount":3,"venue":"Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications","year":2019,"type":"article","citedBy":3,"keywords":["freezing transition","problem difficulty","constraint satisfaction","solution space structure","constraint density"],"topic":{"topic":"Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization","subfield":"Computer Networks and Communications","field":"Computer Science","domain":"Physical Sciences"},"readAt":"2026-10-24T11:31:00.203Z"},"explanation":{"headline":"In the d-k-CSP model, when r is just below 1, solutions form many small, scattered, frozen clusters, which may explain why generated instances are hard.","did":null,"gist":null,"meaning":"The paper studies how the set of solutions to a general constraint satisfaction problem model, called d-k-CSP, is organised as the constraint density changes. The claim links the structure of that solution space just below r = 1 to the difficulty of the instances the model generates. If it holds, it would help explain why some randomly generated problems are hard for solvers, and could guide the design of hard benchmark instances.","findings":[],"terms":[{"term":"clustering phase","means":"A regime in which the solutions of a problem break into separate groups, or clusters, rather than forming one connected mass."},{"term":"frozen clusters","means":"Clusters of solutions in which some variables take the same value in every solution of that cluster, so they cannot be changed within it."},{"term":"solution space","means":"The set of all assignments of values to the variables that satisfy every constraint of a problem instance."}],"basis":"title","abstractFrom":null,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","writtenAt":"2026-10-24T12:16:32.107Z","version":"context/0.2"},"summary":{"status":"written","at":"2026-10-24T12:16:32.107Z","attempts":1,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","why":null},"note":"Machine-written context to help a reader: it is not evidence, it moves no number, and it may be wrong. 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